Spotlight on REITs: Commercial Net Lease Realty INC

Commercial Net Lease Realty INC: This Real Estate Investment Trust is multi-faceted, meaning that they will invest in a variety of different investments and properties, The REIT was founded in 1984 and they are headquartered in Orlando Florida, but have properties all over the country.

Commercial Net Lease Realty INC is one of the only REITs to have increased annual dividends for over 20 years only 156 REITs can say that out of over 10,000. The company has over 11.4 million square feet of property in 44 different states and over 1056 buildings, each one specializing in something different.

In 2007 the company had over 2.3 billion dollars’ worth of assets and that number is set to grow each year, creating a company that owns a huge part of the market share. Commercial Net Lease Realty INC is listed on the New York Stock Exchange as NNN and is currently trading at $24.77 per common share in the company. The current market value of this company is $2,067.84 million dollars, making it quite a large REIT.

Commercial Net Lease Realty INC has investments in over 34 different property markets, such as office, retail, apartment and medical giving it a much diversified portfolio at can withstand the markets ups and downs.

Commercial Net Lease Realty INC has a system that it will buy a building or property from a business and then lease it out to the same company, so that the previous company no longer has the overhead or building maintenance issues and can still stay in the same location.

They also deal in all cash buy’s which means that there is no mortgage or loan needed on the property or building making the transaction quite easy and simple.

Commercial Net Lease Realty INC will also finance buildings and companies that have sufficient equality or collateral in the building, then either mortgaging the building back to them or leasing it out to them.

Commercial Net Lease Realty INC also donates a lot of time and money into charity’s and other events, such as “give kids the world” , high school interns and volunteering at the local Salvation Army, the company is known for its acts of kindness all around the Florida area.

This REIT is interested in all kinds of investments, but they must all be in a thriving area where there is good foot traffic or an industrial market. There is a acquisitions team that does due diligence on every building that the company buys or develops, making sure that it remains one of the highest grossing REITs on the market today.